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So it seems clear that in the year 1759 there were two guys,
one named William Haas, one named Thomas Kogan, and they started a charity together.
Now if you're trying to google this charity in today's world it'd be known as the Royal Humane Society.
But at the time these guys started it, it was, well, a highly controversial thing.
The reason why is because, well, William Haas and Thomas Kogan were doctors.
They cared about people.
And they were starting this charity as two staunch advocates of a very controversial medical practice in the year 1759,
one that was very new at the time, and largely denounced by the general public and medical community.
You, the modern listener, might know it better as resuscitation,
which by the way is a very difficult word to say and not sound weird.
Resuscitation.
Resuscitation.
You know it as resuscitation.
You know, the thing where people stop breathing and you bring them back to life, right?
Point is what is now known as the Royal Humane Society,